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ST. LOUIS–(KMOX)–After a fatal stabbing last year, assaults, a tent fire and several 9-1-1 calls for help — the tent city along the riverfront north of downtown is on the way out.

The Slay Administration has posted signs warning the homeless encampments will be “permanently closed” in phases between May 4 and 18. The signs say the city of St. Louis will “strictly ” enforce these dates. “Access will be denied thereafter,” the signs say.

News of the impending ouster was getting mixed reviews among the homeless on the riverfront. Emerging from a tent into the drizzle by a smokey campfire, a woman named “Leona” complained it wasn’t right.